Portable American reed organs in the form of a deep rectangular box held across the player's lap, with a keyboard of ivory buttons on the upper surface and a double bellows worked by one hand.
AAT
300042823
elbow melodeons
elbow organs
melodeons, elbow
melodeons, rocking
melodions, rocking
organs, elbow
organs, lap
rocking melodeons
rocking melodions
13yrs ago
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